Clothes drier



S. KILLMNICK CLOTHES DRIER Aug. 14, 1928. 1,680,524

Filed July 2 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l Aug. 14, 1928.

1,680,524 S. KlLLMNl CK CLOTHES DRIER Filed July 25, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet2 INVENTOR M i K V J WMW llfwvwn [27W ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 14, 1928.

PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL KILLMNICK, PICHER, OKLAHOMA.

CLOTHES DRIER.

Application filed July 25,

My invention relates to improvements in clothes driers. It relatesparticularly to a clothes drier adapted for the drying of dresses,shirts, skirts and the like.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a clothes drier ofnovel construction, which is adapted for the drying s1mul-' taneouslyand quickly of a plurality of garments, which issimple, cheap to make,durable, not liable to get out of order, is compact, and which isadapted for use in drying garments of different lengths and diameters.

A further object of my invention is to provide a drier of the kinddescribed, wh ch has novel adjustable means for supporting the clothesin the path of a current of air.

My invention provides still further novel means by'which a single fanmay be efficiently and economically used to propel a current of airagainst a plurality of garments.

The novel features of my inventlon, are hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred embodimentof my 1nvention,

Fig. l is an enlarged side elevation, partly broken away, of my improvedclothes drier.

Fig. 2 is a reduced side elevation of my improved clothes drier, agarment being shown mounted upon one of the hangers.

Fig. 3 is a top view, reduced, of what is shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a bottom View of the same.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the clamp- 1n rings. 1

@imilar reference characters designate similar parts in the differentviews.

1 designates a vertical tube having supporting legs 2, and havinglocated therein a rotary fan 3 attached to the armature 4 of an electricmotor 5.

Three tubes 6 have their lower ends fastened together and to the upperend of the tube 1, so as to cover fully the upper end of the latter.

The tubes 6 extend and diverge outwardly and upwardly from the tube 1,and may have respectively mounted in them three dampers 7, by whichpassage of air therethrough may be regulated.

When the fan 3' is revolved in the proper 1927. Serial N0. 208,280.

direction by the motor 5, a current of air will be propelled upwardlythrough the tube 1 and will be split into three currents which will passupwardly through the tubes 6.

I provide means for supporting garments in distended form respectivelyabove the tubes 6, so that the air passing through said tubes will alsopass through and dry the garments. Suitable means, not shown, may beprovided for heating the air so driven, if. desired.

The" garmentsupporting means comprises three separate devicesrespectively supported by the tubes 6, and each of which comprises,preferably, the following described parts.

In each tube 6 below the upper end thereof is provided a transversebridge 8 having a central threaded hole in which is fitted and supporteda vertical rod 9, located in axial alinement with the discharge end ofthe tube containing it.

j Three garment supporting devices are respectively longitudinallyadjustable onthe rods 9, each device consisting preferably, of a hub 10slidable on the adjacent rod 9, to which it may be releasably fastenedby a set screw 11 in the hub. Extending laterally in opposite directionsfrom the hub 10 are two arms 12. g

In Fig. 2 a garment 13, such as a dress, is shown mounted on the arms12of one of the hangers or garment supporting devices.

For distending and holding distended the lower ends of garmentssupported by the arms 12, there is provided on each of the tubes 6, atthe upper end thereof, a distending means comprising, preferably, thefollowing described parts, see Fig. 1.

14 designates a central hub having an axial hole therethrough in whichis slidably fitted the adjacent rod 9.

Spaced apart upwardly and inwardly inclined rods 15 have their lowerends fastened to the upper end of the adjacent tube 6, their upper endsbeing fastened to the hub 14 The outer surfaces of the rods 15 of eachset are adapted to be embraced by the inner side of the lower portion ofthe garment 13 supported, by the adjacent arms 12. The rods 15 distendthe lower part of the garment and hold it distended so that the airpassing upwardly through the adjacent tube 6 will pass upwardly throughthe garment, thus drying the latter.

For releasably holding the garment against the rods 15, I provide threetransversely 16,

divided resilient clamping rings having normally overlapping ends andeing each adapted to tightly embrace the adjacent set of rods .15 atdifferent horizontal planes thereon. To prevent the rings from slippingfrom the positions to which they are adjusted, the outer sides of eachset of rods 15 may be provided with three rows of notches 17, the rowsbeing disposed at different distances from the upper end of the adjacenttube 6.

Each ring 16 is adapted to be fitted in any one of the rows of notchesin which it will be held by its resiliency.

By adjusting the hubs 10, the garment supporting devices may be disposedso as to properly support garments of different engths, and after suchadjustment, the set screws 11 are tightened.

The rods 15 are made to converge inwardly from the upper ends of thetubes 6,

so that garments having different diameters at their lower ends may bemade to embrace the rods 15. After a garment has been mounted on thearms 12 and the hub 10 has been adjusted and fastened by the set screw11, the lower portion of the garment is made to embrace the rods 15adjacent thereto, after which one of the rings 16 is slip over thegarment and into the notches 1 which are next above the bottom of thegarment, thereby holding the garment tightly on the rods 15.

By having the r ds 9 fitted in threaded holes in the bridges 8, the rodsmay also be vertically adjusted, if desired.

When the garments have been mounted in drying positions, causing the fan3 to blow air through the garments. If a garment is not above one of thetubes, 6, the damper therein may be closed so as to cause all of the airfrom the fan to pass through the other two tubes 6.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, asmany modifications, within the scope of the appended claims, may be madewithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is 1. In a clothes drier, a tube, means for forcing airtherethrough, means for supporting a garment at and in central alinementwith the discharge end of said tube, means at the said discharge endhaving an outer surface converging from said discharge end and' havingexternal notches at different transverse diameters thereof and adaptedto be embraced by and to hold distended over said discharge end theadjacent end of the garment, and a resilient transforcing air throughsaid the motor 5 is run, therebyversely divided ring adapted to embracethe outer side of the garment and adapted to be seated in any of saidnotches and to hold the garment against said surface at differentdiameters thereof.

2. In a clothes drier, a tube, means for tube, means for supporting agarment at and in central alinement with the discharge end of said tube,upwardly converging means for distending and holding distended over saiddischarge end the adjacent end of the arment and having external notchesat di erent transverse diameters thercof, and a vertically adjustableresilient clamping ring arranged to i be seatedin any of sai notches andembrace the outer side of the garment and to hold the garment againstsaid distending means at different diameters thereof.

3. In a clothes drier, a tube, means for 1 forcing air therethrough,means for supporting a garment at and in central alinement with thedischarge end of said tube, means at the discharge end of the tubehaving an outer surface converging from said outer end and adapted to beembraced by and to hold distended the adjacent end of the garment, andhaving in said surface a plurality of transverse rows of notches, and atransversely divided resilient ring adapted to be fitted in the notchesof any of said rows and to embrace the outer side of said garment forholding the garment against said surface.

4. In a clothes drier, a plurality of tubes, means for supportinggarments respectively at and in central alinement with the dischargeends of said tubes, means for distendmg and holding distendedrespectively over the discharge ends of said tubes the adjacent ends ofthe garments, a tube dischargmg into said' 't'ubes and having" thecenter of its discharge end equi-distant from the centers of the inletends of said tubes and means for forcing air through said tube into andthrough said plurality of tubes.

5. In a clothes drier, a tube having a transverse rod support providedwith a threaded central vertical hole, a vertical rod havinga threadedlower end fitted rotatabl in the hole in said support, garment distending means on the discharge end of said tube through which said rod islongitudina ly adjustable, and garment sup orting means on said rodabove said disten ing means.

6. In a clothes drier, a tube, a vertical rod supported by and in axialalinement with said tube and projecting from the discharge end thereof,a central hub through which said rod extends, upwardly convergin rodshaving their lower ends fastened to sai tubt and their upper endsfastened to said hub garment supporting means on said rod abov said hub,and vertically adjustable means fol fastening a garment to saidconverging rods 7. In a clothes drier, a tube, a vertical rod in axialalinement with and supported by said tube, a central hub through whichsaid rods extends, u wardly converging rods fas- 5 tened at their owerends to said tube and fastened at their upper ends to said hub, andprovided each on its outer side with notches,

one above the other, an ex ansible ring adapted to be mounted in sa inotches, and garment supporting means on said rod above 10 said hub. Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

SAMUEL KILLMNICK.

